The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language

The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language
Author: Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2024-05-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040030416

First published in 1972, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (Vol. 3) is the updated supplement to the two-volume The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language. It contains certain additions and corrections to the first systematic and detailed history of a Modern Indo-Aryan Language written by an Indian, and incidentally, as it is comparative in its treatment, taking into consideration facts in other Indo-Aryan speeches, it is an invaluable contribution to the scientific study of the Modern Indo-Aryan languages as a whole. This book will be of interest to students of language, linguistics and South Asian studies.

The Origin and Development of Bhojpuri

The Origin and Development of Bhojpuri
Author: Udai Narain Tiwari
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2001
Genre: Bhojpuri language
ISBN:

A Comprehensive History Of The Development Of The Bhojpuri Language In Uttar Pradesh And Bihar.

The Indo-Aryan Languages

The Indo-Aryan Languages
Author: Danesh Jain
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1086
Release: 2007-07-26
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1135797110

The Indo-Aryan languages are spoken by at least 700 million people throughout India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands. They have a claim to great antiquity, with the earliest Vedic Sanskrit texts dating to the end of the second millennium B.C. With texts in Old Indo-Aryan, Middle Indo-Aryan and Modern Indo-Aryan, this language family supplies a historical documentation of language change over a longer period than any other subgroup of Indo-European. This volume is divided into two main sections dealing with general matters and individual languages. Each chapter on the individual language covers the phonology and grammar (morphology and syntax) of the language and its writing system, and gives the historical background and information concerning the geography of the language and the number of its speakers.

The Indo-Aryan Languages

The Indo-Aryan Languages
Author: Colin P. Masica
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1993-09-09
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780521299442

In his ambitious survey of the Indo-Aryan languages, Colin Masica has provided a fundamental introduction which will interest not only general and theoretical linguists but also students of one or more of these languages who want to acquaint themselves with the broader linguistic context. Generally synchronic in approach, concentrating on the phonology, morphology and syntax of the modern representatives of the group, the volume also covers their historical development, areal context, writing systems and aspects of sociolinguistics. The survey is organised not on a language-by-language basis but by topic, so that salient theoretical issues may be discussed in a comparative context.

The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia

The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia
Author: Hans Henrich Hock
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 964
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110423383

With nearly a quarter of the world’s population, members of at least five major language families plus several putative language isolates, South Asia is a fascinating arena for linguistic investigations, whether comparative-historical linguistics, studies of language contact and multilingualism, or general linguistic theory. This volume provides a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic research on the languages of South Asia, with contributions by well-known experts. Focus is both on what has been accomplished so far and on what remains unresolved or controversial and hence offers challenges for future research. In addition to covering the languages, their histories, and their genetic classification, as well as phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics, the volume provides special coverage of contact and convergence, indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions, applications of modern technology to South Asian languages, and South Asian writing systems. An appendix offers a classified listing of major sources and resources, both digital/online and printed.

Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī

Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī
Author: Jaroslav Strnad
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004254897

Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī offers a commented edition of one hundred poems of medieval mystic and thinker Kabīr, a detailed treatment of morphological structure of the language and its main syntactic features, numerous textual examples, and a glossary.

Indian Popular Fiction

Indian Popular Fiction
Author: Prem Kumari Srivastava
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2021-11-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1000482804

The scholarly essays in this book open up experimental and novel spaces and genres beyond the traditional and the literary world of Indian Popular Fiction as it existed towards the end of the last millennium. They respond to the possibilities opened up by the technology-driven and internet-savvy reading and writing world of today. Contemporaneous and bold, most of the essays resonate with the racy and fast-paced milieu and social media space inhabited by today's youth. Combative in its drift, this book makes possible an attempt to disband hierarchies and dismantle categories that have engulfed the expansive landscape of Indian Popular Fiction for too long. It facilitates discussion on graphic novels, microfiction, popular-entertainment and political satire on television and celluloid, social media-driven romances existing in the domain of the 'real' rather than that of 'fantasy' and mythological readings against the backdrop of gender and politics. Aimed at facilitating further research by scholars and enthusiasts of Indian Popular Fiction, this book is also an ode to the current trends generated by social and internet media cosmos. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Dictionary of Languages

Dictionary of Languages
Author: Andrew Dalby
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2015-10-28
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1408102145

Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. We see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.

Linguistics in South Asia

Linguistics in South Asia
Author: Murray B. Emeneau
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 832
Release: 2016-11-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110819503

Dimensions of a Creole Continuum

Dimensions of a Creole Continuum
Author: John R. Rickford
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1987
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780804713771

A Stanford University Press classic.